A Meryton attorney whose connection with the militia expands his nieces' obsession with officers.
Mr. Philips is married to Mrs. Philips, the sister of Mrs. Bennet. He was clerk to Mrs. Bennet's late father, an attorney in Meryton, and succeeded him in the business.
By visiting all the officers of the militia regiment now quartered in Meryton, he opens an intoxicating new source of information and acquaintance for his nieces Kitty Bennet and Lydia Bennet. His own personality and appearance have not yet been developed beyond these family and professional connections.
The text identifies him as an attorney but supplies no age, face, hair, complexion, build, or clothing.
He connects the Bennet sisters' Meryton relations to the newly arrived militia officers.